2026 candidate · follow the money
Who funds Rick McCartney?
The money.
- Raised
- $1.5M
- Spent
- $1.5M
- Cash on hand
- $650
- Debts
- $780K
- Individuals 36% $522K
- PACs & other committees 0.3% $5,000
- Candidate's own money & loans 64% $934K
- Other receipts 0.3% $4,374
Campaign totals through Sep 30, 2026.
No independent expenditures for or against this filing are itemized in the bulk file.
Largest direct PAC contributions
Who gave.
Who gives $522K from individuals
19% in small-dollar gifts
$99K of $522K came unitemized: from donors whose gifts to the campaign this cycle total $200 or less, whom the campaign does not have to name.
91% from Arizona · 9% from elsewhere
Of itemized gifts, by the state on each donor's mailing address. Giving from other states is lawful and common.
90% of itemized dollars came earmarked through a conduit such as ActBlue or WinRed; each gift is counted once.
Top states
- Arizona $369K
- Kansas $7,000
- Colorado $6,000
- California $5,875
- New York $4,600
- Montana $3,500
- Illinois $2,500
- Texas $1,500
Top employers named by donors
- PHOENIX CHILDRENS HOSPITAL $9,050
- PHOENIX CHILDRENS $4,000
- US BANK $3,000
Employers as donors wrote them on the form. A company listed here did not give this money; people who work there did.
Retired, self-employed, not employed or not given: $155K. Employers named by fewer than three donors, or filed as a person's name: $235K, not listed so no one donor is singled out.
Summary through Sep 30, 2026. Itemized gifts dated Apr 22, 2025 to Jul 1, 2026, net of refunds (667 entries). Every itemized contribution on FEC.gov ↗
From the principal campaign committee's FEC reports; joint-fundraising transfers and later reports are not included, and no donor is named here. A contribution is not evidence of a vote, favor or wrongdoing.
Outside money in the final weeks.
No 24- or 48-hour report in the FEC file read November 4, 2026 names Rick McCartney.
Where it went.
Where the money went $1.0M in itemized spending
These itemized payments cover $1.0M of the $1.5M the campaign reported spending through Sep 30, 2026. The FEC has not yet itemized the rest in its bulk file, which runs to Jul 1, 2026.
- Advertising & outreach 37% $377K
- Consultants & strategy 27% $277K
- Staff & payroll 8% $85K
- Fundraising & processing fees 6% $63K
- Polling, research & data 4% $41K
- Travel, meals & events 7% $68K
- Office, technology & overhead 4% $45K
- Legal & compliance 5% $46K
- Contributions, transfers & refunds <0.1% $245
- Other or unclassified 2% $18K
Largest payees
- BERLIN ROSEN $181K
- LA MACHINE CONSULTING $86K
- GUSTO $84K
- BORICH HERNANDEZ SOLUTIONS $76K
- ORLATTLE $50K
Paid to individuals: $220K, such as staff, contractors and reimbursements. People who were paid are not named here.
Payments dated Apr 27, 2025 to Jul 1, 2026, as itemized by the principal campaign committee in FEC reports (602 entries). Every payment on FEC.gov ↗
Grouped by each campaign's own description of the payment, so the groups are approximate. Payments of $200 or less to one payee need not be itemized, detail filed only as memo entries counts under other or unclassified, and spending by the candidate's other committees or by outside groups is not included. A payment is not evidence of a favor or wrongdoing.
Others who filed for this seat.
- Amish ShahDemocrat · $5.2M raised · $6.1M outside
- Jonathan TrebleDemocrat · $4.5M raised · $367K outside
- Thomas James FeelyRepublican · $2.8M raised · $2.6M outside
- Marlene Galan-WoodsDemocrat · $2.4M raised · $13K outside
- David S. SchweikertRepublican · $1.3M raised · $16K outside
- John TroboughRepublican · $1.1M raised
- Joseph ChaplikRepublican · $714K raised · $60K outside
- Mark Robert GordonDemocrat · $305K raised
- Gina SwobodaRepublican · $222K raised
- Paul C ReevsRepublican · $111K raised
- Brandon SowersRepublican · $18K raised
- Brian A Del VecchioDemocrat · $15K raised
Questions worth asking.
Money shows who backed a campaign, not how a person will act. Compare it with what they did and said: their votes or official actions if they have held office, their own statements, and their answers to a finding. Use the same questions for every candidate.
FEC bulk data read November 4, 2026. Campaign totals come from each filing's own FEC summary through its latest processed report. Outside spending is independent expenditures itemized in committee reports in the FEC bulk files, primaries included; late 24- and 48-hour reports, party coordinated spending, communication costs and groups that do not report to the FEC are not included. Outside spending is, by law, made without coordinating with the candidate, and it is not the candidate's money. A contribution or expenditure is not evidence of a vote, favor or wrongdoing. This page identifies the filing by its FEC candidate ID; a person can hold more than one filing.